Forest area in Indonesia
Indonesia: Forest area was 903,166 sq. km in 2023. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Indonesia, 1990–2023
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in sq. km.
Analysis
Indonesia recorded 903,166 sq. km for forest area in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Indonesia peaked at 1.19 million sq. km in 1990 and was at its lowest, 903,166 sq. km, in 2023.
Indonesia ranks 8th of 214 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.11 million sq. km | 1.03 million sq. km | 1.19 million sq. km | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.01 million sq. km | 998,213 sq. km | 1.01 million sq. km | 10 |
| 2010s | 959,366 sq. km | 927,387 sq. km | 996,592 sq. km | 10 |
| 2020s | 912,249 sq. km | 903,166 sq. km | 921,332 sq. km | 4 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More agriculture & rural data for Indonesia
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 116.02 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 13.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 189.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 12.69 million hectares (2023)
- Cereal yield 5,829 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal production 73.97 million metric tons (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest area in Indonesia?
- Forest area in Indonesia was 903,166 sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest forest area recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.19 million sq. km in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 903,166 sq. km in 2023.
- How does Indonesia rank for forest area?
- Indonesia ranks 8th out of 214 countries with data for 2023.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Indonesia data come from?
- The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Forest area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.